November 12, 1985
The President today announced his intention to nominate Lois Burke Shepard to be Director of
the Institute of Museum Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. She
would succeed Susan E. Phillips.
Mrs. Shepard served as chairman of Republicans Abroad at the Republican National Committee in
1981 - 1985 and was director of Americans Abroad for Reagan/Bush '84. She was the first
representative for overseas Americans at the 1982 White House Conference on Aging.
She graduated from Hartford College (A.A., 1957) and Vassar College (B.A., 1959). She is
married, has two children, and resides in Potomac, MD. She was born February 1, 1938, in
Hartford, CT.